Football is so popular in China. Almost everyone is interested in the sport — young and old, boys and girls, and now even robots.

    Last week at Hangzhou Guangming Middle School, kids from several schools played football with their robots.

   Robot football was very different from human football. Only two robots played in each match. The field was as big as a ping-pong table. One half was black and the other was white. Each robot tried to catch the “football” and score a goal. The robot with more goals won.

    Gao Linge, a boy from Guangming Middle School, helped make one of the robots for the match.

    “My school bought the main board (主板),” said Gao, 14. “Then I decided what my robot looked like and made a computer programme for it.”

    Gao’s robot was eight centimeters tall and had two arms. It had four sensors (传感器) to “see” and “kick” the football.

    Ying Xuehai, a 12-year-old student from Gao’s school, also made a robot. His robot played against Gao’s. The match decided who would go to the final game. Ying lost the game. So he gave many of his robot’s parts to Gao.

    Even so, Gao’s robot didn’t win the final. It played well in the first five minutes. Then it slowed down. By the end of the match, it could hardly move. What was wrong? Gao and Ying found the problem — their robot ran out of batteries (电池)!

“We’ll solve the problem and beat the other school next time!” said the two boys.

How many robots are needed in one match?

A. Only one.            B. Two.          C. Three.          D. Four.

The third paragraph mainly talks about ________.

A. a wonderful robot football game.      B. how to let robots score more goals

C. the rules of the robot football games.    D. the way for robots to win the match

Why did Gao Linge lose the final?

A. Because his robot had no power.     B. Because he broke the rules of the match.

C. Because he used Ying Xuehai’s parts.  D. Because his robot went wrong.

From the passage we know that if you want to take part in the match, ________.

A. you must go to Hangzhou.    B. you must know something about computers

C. you must know how to play football on the playground

D. you must get along with Gao Linge and Ying Xuehai

Football, ________ is an interesting game, is played all over the world.

A. that          B. which          C. it              D. who

 

根据汉语提示或首字母提示提示，用在Unit5-Unit7所学的英语词汇在每个空格内填入一个适当的单词，使句子意思完整。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

1.The little boy likes music and dreams of becoming a m___________.

2.Only two passengers s___________ the traffic accident and all the others died.

3.We should quit p         our environment, otherwise the earth will be ruined.

4.Football is the most popular sport t　　      the world.

5.It was a long journey, but we e___________ reached our destination.

6.____________(农业的) products sell well in the world market.

7.When you write a composition, you had better use your___________(想像力).

8.It is such a good art __________(展览会) that we have been to see it several times.

9.The government took strong ______________ (措施) against drunk drivers.

10.Dolphins are so ________ _(聪明的) that children like to play with them.

 

When Han Duan started her professional career at 16, China’s national women’s football team was defeated in the final of the World Cup by the US. While she was asked to play in her first World Cup in 2003, she largely remained on the bench after the first match.

But things have changed. Now, Han is one of the most important players in China’s team. “I can’t wait to play. Life is short. You must make the most out of it,” Han always says like that. 

Han wants every possible honor that a football player can get — an Asian Cup, a World Cup and an Olympic medal. She has always been good at sports, especially swimming and horizontal bars. At school, she was the fastest in the 60m and 100m.

But the reason she picked football was that she wanted to get more compliments (称赞). “Football is for boys. But I feel more fulfilled when I can do better than them and win more compliments,” she said. Later, when she entered a football school, the coach always asked Han to show others what to do.

However, nobody can be good at everything. Han described her singing as “howling” and the only school subject she was good at was Chinese. “I was very happy every time my essay was posted on the wall for my schoolmates to read.” But Han still has some regrets about her school years. Her handwriting was terrible at school. She ever wanted to improve her handwriting but didn’t achieve much.

“My fans ask for my signature (签名), so I’d better practice and practice. It’s not too late,” she says.

1.In the World Cup in 2003, Han Duan was a(n) ______.

A．member of the audience	B．unimportant player
C．team captain	D．fan of a sports star

2.What does the underlined part in the second paragraph imply?

A．Han Duan seizes every chance to learn more to fulfill herself.

B．Han Duan never wastes any of her practicing time.

C．Han Duan seizes every chance to take part in matches.

D．Han Duan has become ill and she will die quite soon.

3.According to the passage, we know that Han Duan ________.

A．has won an Asian Cup, a World Cup and an Olympic medal

B．was good at sports when she was at school

C．did very well in singing and Chinese when she was at school

D．often gets compliments because of her beautiful handwriting

4.From the fourth paragraph, it can be inferred that Han Duan most probably ________.

A．felt sad as the boys laughed at her

B．felt proud as she got compliments from others

C．felt sad as she was too strong as a girl

D．hated herself as she couldn’t do anything else well

5.What’s the best title of this passage?

A．Growth of a sports star.	B．The World Cup.
C．Honor of a football player.	D．Star of tomorrow.

 

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Dear Patti,

I’m writing to you for some advice on my studies. As you know, football is a very popular sport in the world and I am attracted to it and I have fallen in love with it, which makes me feel so crazy. I have been spending lots of time doing many things related to it, like watching football matches, reading newspapers and magazines, and searching the Web for more information about football. As a result, it has certainly disturbed my normal study. Though I know to be a football fan is my hobby and my major objective is to learn more knowledge in school, I can’t concentrate on my lessons and gradually I am tired of them. I am still a senior two middle school student, and I’ll have my own business even when I grow up, so I am not likely to do a job in the field of football. But now I can’t stop myself from getting involved further with football. So I feel very depressed and want to know how to deal with the contradiction (矛盾) between my studies and hobbies.

Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

【写作内容】

假设你是李明的笔友Patti，请根据他信中所诉说的苦恼回信。以下是回信的内容（信的开头和结尾已经为你写好）

以约30个词概括李明的苦恼；

以约120个词发表你的看法，并包括如下要点：

（1）你认为李明应该如何处理好他的学习和业余爱好的关系，并说明你的理由。

（2）表达你对他的希望。

【写作要求】

1．概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章结构连贯。

2. 可以使用实例或其他论述的方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

3．围绕提示写，内容充实，有建设性。 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

Dear Li Ming,

Thank you for your letter. From your letter, I’ve known something about your situation.

                                                                               

                                                                              

                                                                            

                                                                               

                                                                              

                                                                              

                                                                               

                                                                                    

Yours

Patti